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276:, an imaginary fight between the novel's main hero and an octopus takes place. Hugo also comments on the allegations of similar events: ″An engraving in Sonnini's edition of Buffon represents a Cephaloptera crushing a frigate. Denis Montfort, in fact, considers the Poulp, or Octopod, of high latitudes, strong enough to destroy a ship. Bory Saint Vincent doubts this; but he shows that in our regions they will attack men. Near Brecq-Hou, in Sark, they show a cave where a devil-fish a few years since seized and drowned a lobster-fisher. Peron and Lamarck are in error in their belief that the "poulp" having no fins cannot swim. He who writes these lines has seen with his own eyes, at Sark, in the cavern called the Boutiques, a pieuvre swimming and pursuing a bather. When captured and killed, this specimen was found to be four English feet broad, and it was possible to count its four hundred suckers. The monster thrust them out convulsively in the agony of death.″ (The monster part) Other sources confirm one of the stories. 331:
occasionally be attacked by such a giant. The fact that there are few examples of this is obviously due to the fact that the giants do not come close to the surface. This is also our good fortune, because if it were not, it would certainly be a danger to boaters. Reliable witnesses report that the giant squid has attacked ships in recent times, even larger ships. The Architeuthids purportedly swam around the ship traveling at a speed of 40 km/h  (this is an amazing speed for an aquatic animal; we have no idea what their maximum speed is) and launched an attack. We can assume that the hull of the ship could have been viewed as the body of a
614: 119: 572: 245:. There is talk of a sea monster grabbing the mast of a ship off the coast of Angola with its arms and almost pulling the ship down into the abyss, on the occasion of which the lucky crew painted this great danger in a vow in the chapel of St. Thomas of Malo. He further talks about another creature in the wake of Montfort, Captain Dens; it pulled some sailors off the ship's rack with his arms near St. Ilona; the end of one arm, which was stuck in the rigging of the ship and which had been cut off, proved to be 25 feet long and had several rows of suction discs on it." 635: 593: 224: 22: 551: 30: 285: 1803: 489: 434:. One of the men was dragged away by the squid, and another, Lieutenant Raymond Edmund Grimani Cox, managed to narrowly escape the same fate, though suffering tentacle sucker wounds. The chronicle of the survivors was first told in 1941 by the London Illustrated News, which stated that, according to the account given them by Cox, a survivor first had his legs bitten off by a shark and then was devoured by a 298:
ferry in New York, leading to the loss of the ferry and commemorated by a bronze sculpture (installed in 2016), never actually occurred, nor was there any such ferry disaster. The artist responsible admitted it was "a multimedia art project and social experience – not maliciously – about how gullible
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The most common question that arises about giant squid is whether these huge animals attack humans or pose a threat to ships. We must answer this question in the affirmative, although certainly not in the case of large, modern cruise ships. There is no doubt, however, that a smaller ship or boat can
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An undetermined date (sometime in the early 20th century): A diver was attacked by a large octopus in the military port of Toulon. The diver reportedly lost consciousness and almost drowned, but the diver's companions were able to pull him out of the water and remove the octopus. It weighed about 60
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There is some disagreement on the veracity of Humboldt squid aggression. Some scientists claim the only reports of aggression toward humans have occurred when reflective diving gear or flashing lights have been present, acting as provocation. Roger Uzun, a veteran scuba diver and amateur underwater
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was leaving Colombo for Madras through the Bay of Bengal. In the distance, a small sailboat appeared, to which a huge crowd swam with whipping movements, and then climbed on it—it was a giant squid or giant octopus. The small ship soon capsized and then sank. The crew of the small boat got into the
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While octopuses generally avoid humans, attacks have occasionally been verified. For example, a 240-centimeter (8-foot) Pacific octopus, said to be nearly perfectly camouflaged, approached a diver and attempted to wrap itself around the diver and his camera. Another diver recorded the encounter on
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Sailors cleaning a ship near St. Ilona Island and Cape Nigra were attacked by a giant squid; two were pulled into the deep, and a third later died from injuries sustained during the attack. One of the squid's arms, severed during the attack, was 7.5 meters (25 ft) in length; the full arm was
446:, and the former further validated the story, assuring the marks, of 1-1/4 inches in size, belonged to a 23-feet long squid. The story has been called the only substantiated report of a giant squid killing humans. However, other authors have called it into question, considering it an 531:. Here, a California fisherman claims to have been attacked at a fish table one night as he tried to swim from one boat to another. In the same film, a Peruvian fisherman considers this animal to be life-threatening: If one gets between them, they will be dragged down into the deep. 335:, as the places they tried to bite into were where the brains are located. How true this assumption is will be revealed one day. So we shouldn't always think of giant squid stories as tales, but we also have to take into account that they are mostly thoroughly colored. 394:, weighing 140 tonnes (150 short tons). They claim they themselves shot the squid floating in silence, which made him furious and climbed onto the ship. Two sailors died in the squid arms, and a third disappeared (perhaps drowned). Five people escaped the 506:(Spanish for 'red devil'): Local fishermen's tales claim that people who fell into the waters were devoured within minutes by packs of squid. Wildlife filmmaker Scott Cassell made the documentary "Humboldt: The Man-eating Squid" for the 106: (roughly 100 pounds per square inch). Giant squids possess a serrated edge to their suckers, while colossal squid have developed it further into tentacle hooks; these hooks have been compared in size to the claws of a 463:
In 1989, Philippine fishermen rescued 12 survivors clinging to an overturned boat. They allege that a giant octopus or a giant squid turned the boat upside down, but did not attack them afterwards, although a 12-week-old boy
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videographer, swam with a swarm of Humboldt squid for approximately 20 minutes, later saying they seemed more curious than aggressive. When not feeding or being hunted, Humboldt squid exhibit curious and
1224:"Robert Erwin Johnson. <italic>Guardians of the Sea: History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present</italic>. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. 1987. Pp. x, 412. $ 23.95" 360:. She sailed in the company of nine other ships when she was attacked by huge giant squids and dragged down into the deep. However, other sources claim the ship sank in a storm in 1782. 210:. Estimates of the number of recorded fatalities caused by blue-ringed octopuses vary, ranging from seven to sixteen deaths; most scholars agree that there have been at least eleven. 40:
on humans have been reported since ancient times. A significant portion of these attacks are questionable or unverifiable tabloid stories. Cephalopods are members of the class
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was apparently attacked by a giant squid. The ship's "NOFOUL" rubber coating was damaged with multiple cuts containing evidence of claws found in squid tentacles.
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dissolve the soft flesh of the squid, leaving the hard beaks behind. The largest beak ever discovered in this way had a lower rostral length of 49 millimeters (
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video. The divers speculated that the octopus may have thought its reflection in the camera lens was a smaller octopus, which may have motivated it to attack.
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Based on other sources, Hungarian traveler Dr. Endre Jékely tells several of the above stories: On 26 October 1873, 3 men were fishing in the
1673: 550: 906: 592: 199:, however, is considered to be one of the most venomous animals known; the venom of one is enough to kill ten adult humans. It uses the 1320: 237:(1829–1884) was one of the most significant naturalists of the 19th century. In the section on the giant squid in his famous book, 1257: 839: 364: 1125: 1486: 378:, Newfoundland, was attacked by a giant squid. Numerous letters about the incident stated a severed tentacle was recovered. 854: 880: 1348: 140:. Colossal squid use their beaks for shearing and slicing their prey's flesh to allow the pieces to travel the narrow 1112: 352: 1479: 147:
One of the largest beaks ever recorded was on a 495-kilogram (1,091 lb) colossal squid. The beak had a lower
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In 1874, a report appeared in an Indian newspaper stating that on 10 May of the current year, a ship called the
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reports that a fisherman has been attacked by a giant octopus on the North American coast of the Pacific Ocean.
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Smith, Andrew M. (12 December 1995), "Cephalopod Sucker Design and the Physical Limits to Negative Pressure",
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estimated to be 10 meters (33 ft). Based on this, the entire animal could have been much larger.
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are the major limbs used by squid for defense and hunting. They are often confused with
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have some of the largest tentacles in the world, with suckers capable of producing
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The cephalopod beak resembles that of a parrot. It is a tough structure made of
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reported being attacked by a giant squid several hours after departing from
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In 2003, the crew of a yacht competing to win the round-the-world
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are notorious for their aggression. In Mexico, they are known as
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A giant squid allegedly attacked a raft with survivors from the
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kilograms (130 lb) and had legs 8 meters (26 ft) long.
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Jeremy Wade deals with the Humboldt squid in his documentary
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All octopuses have venom, but few are fatally dangerous. The
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only on their ends instead of along the entire length. The
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In the 1960s, divers would willingly grapple octopuses in
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Another artistic illustration: Giant squid attacks boat
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reported having been attacked by a giant squid in the
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An artistic illustration: Giant octopus attacks ship
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Octopus, including common and giant pacific octopus
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Index



Cephalopoda
squid
octopuses
cuttlefish
nautiluses
Cephalopod limb
Tentacles
arms
suckers
giant squid
colossal squid
suction
kilopascals
tiger
A human hand holding a colossal squid beak, the beak is significantly larger than the hand.
Cephalopod beak
chitin
digestive system
esophagus
rostral
sperm whales
stomach juices
greater blue-ringed octopus
neurotoxin
tetrodotoxin
respiratory arrest

Common octopus

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